Bionow

Bionow announce winners of the 2011 Bionow Annual Awards.

25 November 2011

Bionow are delighted to announce the winning companies, projects and individuals of the 2011 Bionow Annual Awards. The winners were announced at the Bionow Annual Awards Dinner which took place on 24th November 2011 at The Mere Golf and Country Club. The awards dinner was attended by over 220 executives from the biomedical industry and is the highlight of the biomedical calendar.

The prestigious event was hosted by Dr John Stageman, Chair of Bionow Ltd and Geoff Davison, CEO of Bionow Ltd. Chris Brinsmead, Business Advisor to the Office of Life Sciences was the guest speaker.

The judging panel which decided the winners consisted of representatives from each of the award sponsors and considered over 60 applications. The panel was chaired by Dr John Stageman, Chair of Bionow Ltd along with Paul Weinberg of Kaplan EduNeering, Graham Bond of Baker Tilly, Phil Sizer of Novartis, Simon Wallwork of Semple Fraser, Keith Richardson of Waters and Richard Deed of TRUSTECH.

The winners of the awards are:

Bionow Company of the Year – Sponsored by AstraZeneca
Winner: Qiagen

Biomedical Product or Service of the Year – Sponsored by Kaplan EduNeering
Winner: Geko, Sky Medical Technology

Startup Company of the Year – Sponsored by Baker Tilly
Winner: Redx Pharma

Promising Biomedical Technologist of the Year – Sponsored by Novartis
Winner: Jonathan Souquet, Eden Biodesign

Biomedical Project of the Year – Sponsored by Semple Fraser
Winner: MycAssay series of real-time PCR products, Myconostica Ltd

Emerging Biomedical Technology Project of the Year – Sponsored by Waters
Winner: Conformetrix, Conformetrix Ltd

Healthcare Project of the Year – Sponsored by TRUSTECH
Winner: Microvisk Technologies, Evaluation of a new point of care coagulation monitor

Geoff Davison, CEO of Bionow Ltd said “Bionow is delighted to have hosted the 10th annual awards dinner in our first year as a standalone business. I would like to give particular thanks to the award sponsors, our corporate sponsors and dinner guests and congratulate all of the winners.”